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Champagne & Sparkling Wine. Prof. Karen Goodlad , HMGT 2402, Wine & Beverage Management. Objectives. --Discuss wine making methods employed to make sparking wine using wine industry terminology --Explain the factors that affect the taste of sparkling wine
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Champagne & Sparkling Wine Prof. Karen Goodlad, HMGT 2402, Wine & Beverage Management
Objectives --Discuss wine making methods employed to make sparking wine using wine industry terminology --Explain the factors that affect the taste of sparkling wine --Identify geographical regions where sparkling wine is produced
MéthodeChampenoise • Harvest • Press • Fermentation • Assamblage/Blending • Liqueur de tirage • Capped • Transferred to pupitres/racks • Sit on Lees (age) • Rémuage/Riddling • Dégorgement/Disgorging • Liquerud’Expédition/Dosage • Cork/Cage/Seal • Age
MéthodeChampenoise: Assemblagehttp://www.champagne.us/en/champagne/the-keys-facts-about-champagne-wine/the-blending
MéthodeChampenoise: Liqueur de Tirage • Addition of _______________ and _______________ with the result of _______________
MéthodeChampenoise: Remuage/Riddling http://www.champagne.fr/en/from-vine-to-wine/wine-making/maturation-on-lees
Transfer Method • Modified MéthodeChampenoise • MéthodeChampegnoisetechniques but wine is transferred into a large vat then filtered into individual bottles
Charmat (Tank) Method • Still wine placed in sealed pressurized tank • Sugar and yeast are added • Sparkling wine is filtered and bottled • Result is light and fruity • Retains grape characteristics • Used for inexpensive wine
Champagne, France • Champagne House (44 houses) • Long distinguished brands of particular style • Specialty: blending and producing wine • Purchase almost all grapes • Growers • Own an average of 1.5 Hectares (1 hectare: 2.471acres) • Grow/harvest grapes • Trend: “Grower’s Champagne” • Single estate grown and bottled, shows terroir • 2009 Extension of Region • 40 more villages on perimeter of Champagne
Champagne: Rating System • ComitéInterprofessionnel des Vins de Champagne (CIVC) • Producers, Growers & INAO govern wine production • Échelle de crus: village rating system, updated 1985 • Soil –climate relationship • Until 1990 village rating determine price of grapes Grands Cru (17) Premier Cru (~32) Cru
Champagne: AOC Laws (CIVC) • Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier • Yields in both the vineyard & pressing are limited • Defined pruning, height, spacing & density • Harvest by hand in small baskets • Aging: 15 months for cuvée, 3 years for vintage
Styles of Champagne • Non Vintage • Blanc de Blancs • Blanc de Noirs • Vintage • Rosé • Cuvée de Prestige • Sugar Content • Extra Brut • Brut • Extra Dry • Sec • Demi-Sec • Doux
Types of Producers • NM: NégociantManipulant • RM: RécoltantManipulant • CM: CoopérativeManipulant • SR: Société de Récoltants • ND: NégociantDistributeur • MA: Marque d’Acheteur
Champagne: Appellations • Montagne de Reims • Vallée de la Marne • Côte des Blancs • Côte de Sézanne • Côte de Bar • Geography & Climate • Chalky Soil • Cold, snow
Spain: Cava • Penedès • MéthodeChampenoise • Traditional Grape Varietals • Parellada • Macabeo • Xarel-lo • Freixenet, Cordon Negro Brut • Popular Producer • Cordoniu • Most Popular Sparkling Wine in the world
Italy • Asti, DOCG, & Moscato d’ Asti, DOCG • Region: Peimonte, Italy • Grape: Moscato Bianco • Predominately made in the Charmat Method • Spumanti & Frizzante (respectively) • Prosecco, DOC • Region: Veneto, Italy • Grape: Prosecco • Mostly Charmat Method, some MethodeChampenoise
Germany • Sekt: Produced using Charmat method • Riesling, some Pinot Blanc or Pinot Gris
North America • Washington State • Predominately Chardonnay • Leading Producer: Domaine St. Michele • MethodéChampagnoise • 323,000 Cases in 2006 • California • Kluge Estate, Mumm, DomaineChandon, Gloria Ferrer, Soter Vineyards, Laetitia, Roederer Estate, Schramsberg, DomaineCarneros, “J”
Opening a bottle of Sparkling Wine • Le Saberage • Releasing the cork using a sword • DO NOT TRY THIS ON YOUR OWN, THIS IS A DIFFICULT TECHNIQUE THAT REQUIRES TRAINING • Traditional Method
Oz Clarke & James May in Champagne https://youtu.be/qcc_Jnel4s0
Chalk, Greensand, Clay • Cool coastal influences north of the 51 parallel • Warm September • Grape Varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris https://daily.sevenfifty.com/why-you-should-start-paying-attention-to-english-sparkling-wine/ Photo Credit: http://londoncosmopolitan.blogspot.com/2011/07/west-sussex-wine-trail.html
PDO Quality English Sparkling Wine • Sugar allowed in the production of the cuvee (still wine), not to exceed additional 3% alcohol from naturally occurring sugar • Cuvee can not be less than 9% alcohol, final • Sparkling wine can not be less than 10% and the tirage liqueur may not increase total alcohol by more than 1.5% • De-acidification of cuvee is allowed • Sweetening of cuvee is not permitted • Traditional Method • 9 months aging in lees (12-24 is common) Source: Retrieved from http://www.ukva.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DEFRA-GUIDANCE-PDO-ENGLISH.pdf
Terms to Know • Méthode Champenoise (all related terms) • Champagne Grape Varieties • Charmat Method • Champagne • Prosecco • Cava • Champagne Sugar Content: • Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Dry, Sec, Demi-Sec, Doux • Vintage • Rosé